V/A - Primordial God (Full Compilation)

V/A - Primordial God (PV-50)

Athens, Georgia-based label and multidisciplinary collective Primordial Void celebrates its 50th release with a 48-track mega-compilation, released in two parts. The first, Primordial God, brings together mostly folk and rock-oriented collaborators from the label’s sphere, whereas the second, Primordial Energy, focuses on a wide range of like-minded electronic experimentalists.

Founded in Lodi, California, in 2018, PV remains a unique entity within the contemporary American underground. Drifting from the psychedelic IDM of its early days to a current roster boasting indie rock ensembles, introspective singer-songwriters, and bedroom producers dabbling in hypnagogia and noise, the label has prided itself on its stylistic variation. “We’ve always made it a point to release music by artists who were either too experimental to be considered pop, or too accessible to be considered noise,” says label representative Otis Cash. “In addition to this, the label’s prolific nature and undefinable presence adds a rather interesting layer to the Elephant 6-like world it’s building.”

Primordial God begins with a somber home recording by Forrest Conifer, better known as Lawrence Moody of Dividers. A previously unreleased song by Athens legends Banned 37, recorded in 1985 at John Keane Studios (R.E.M., Widespread Panic), also appears, alongside Shadows Leap (Surface to Air Missive), whait (More Eaze and Wendy Eisenberg), April Magazine, Marbles (Robert Schneider of the Apples in Stereo), Magic Tuber Stringband, Dividers, and several other contemporary luminaries.

Primordial Energy is darker and more reflective of the label’s early sound, gathering everyone from Tokyo experimental pop great emamouse to recently reunited noise legends Yellow Swans. Susu Laroche, A.J. Pain (Stan Iordanov of Hounds of Hate), yyed, Bug Bus Piano, wird grau (Laszlo Horvath), Lee Noble, and many others also contributed.

PV artist Will Simpson (Crime Friend) designed both compilations’ collage-style artwork.

Primordial God and Primordial Energy are available separately on cassette and digital formats via Primordial Void. Digital editions out March 14th, cassette editions out sometime in April.

Track Listing

Side A

A1 Forrest Conifer - Real World Girl
A2 Banned 37 - Afternoon Sun
A3 Temple of Calisthenics - Air Raid
A4 Mondo Lava - Witch Doctor's Cat
A5 Ethan WL - Cowpasture River Highway Blues
A6 Marshall Stacks - Face/Off
A7 Shadows Leap - Adrift
A8 Can't Read - Bubble
A9 Dark Wale - Hounds of Love
A10 whait - seventh floor high
A11 April Magazine - Hollow Stars (Demo)
A12 Harshest Realm - The Awakening
A13 Ubaldo & Kool Music · Màquines d'un altre temps (warped drafts)

Side B

B1 Organically Programmed - Dying Star
B2 emamouse - Our House (Eugenio Rubicon Mix)
B3 Ubaldo - Resposta a contrallum ( Binu, història de dues estrelles O.S.T. )
B4 Marbles - New Emotion
B5 Bloria's Voice - moss bench
B6 Turtle Grenade - Pink
B7 Ruby of Thanks - Marigold
B8 Jackson McLendon - Pay Day
B9 Magic Tuber Stringband - Little Johnny Sailed from London / The Green Beds Are Empty
B10 Dividers - I'm in Love with a Girl
B11 Patrick Matistic - Saturday Miles
B12 Reed Winckler - Now I Do
B13 Fresh Sounds - The River of Blood

Produced, Compiled, and Sequenced by Marcel Sletten
Artwork and Layout by Will Simpson

Track A1 Mastered by Lawrence Moody
Track A2 Mastered by Jason NeSmith
Tracks A3 and B6 Mastered by Steven Ledbetter
Track A7 Mastered by Taylor Ross
Track A13 Mastered by Jasper Baydala
Track B4 Mastered by Craig Morris
Track B10 Mastered by Samuel Miller
All other tracks Mastered by Marcel Sletten